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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer
By Beau Hayhoe
Audio Nerds Love This $900 Japanese Headphone Amp
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Audio Nerds Love This $900 Japanese Headphone Amp

The generation that grew up with compressed MP3s is suddenly discovering all they've been missing.

By Kahron Spearman
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The Nocs Monolith Aluminum Is the Best Designed Bluetooth Speaker We’ve Ever Seen

Nocs Design returns with a stunning all aluminum edition of its Monolith Bluetooth speaker.

By John A. Paradiso
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The Beats Pill Bluetooth Speaker Is New, Improved, and Affordable

The Beats Pill now comes equipped with a 24-hour battery life.

By John A. Paradiso
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Amazon's Alexa makes it so easy to listen to Spotify or Pandora, order products through its site or set reminders, that Echo devices have become a part of our daily lives. As much as we love all our Echo products, the bass response when listening to music is, well, a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Amazon Echo Auto Brings Alexa to Your Car

Amazon announced a bunch of new products yesterday designed to upgrade the Echo ecosystem throughout your home. Amazon has also decided that you need to have access to Alexa while you're driving, hence the introduction of the Echo Auto. Honestly, we're totally on board. Alexa makes it easy to play…

By Cooper Fleishman
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JBL Made a Modern Version of Their Classic L100 Speakers

The iconic JBL L100 speaker was first produced in 1970 and went on to become the bestselling loudspeaker in JBL's history. The JBL L100 Classic is a modern take on the original L100 found in homes across the country throughout the '70s and '80s. First, we need to talk about…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Eames Radio Is Based on an Unreleased Model from 1946

When it comes to Mid-Century Modern design, only a few names are as lauded as Charles and Ray Eames. It doesn't matter if you're talking about the best office chairs, storage units or coat hooks, Eames is the name to beat. Vitra, a firm that has quite a few iconic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Yamaha’s New Turntable Can Stream over WiFi

The Yamaha MusicCast Vinyl 500 is a stunning piano black record player that has everything you'd expect (solid cartridge, high-end construction, built-in phono preamp, etc.) from a great turntable, along with modern WiFi connectivity. Yes. WiFi in a turntable. Why? Because now you can stream everything from your record collection—complete…

By Cooper Fleishman
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